ABSTRACT
EXERCISE 5.2: SELF-MANAGEMENT Self-management is really trying to get the patient to take some responsibility for managing their symptoms, especially with chronic conditions, where some people are looking for something external to fi x them and sometimes that is just not possible. So, self-management is trying to encourage and empower the patient to fi nd different tools and techniques, which work for them on a day-to-day basis, which will help them to manage their symptoms and their life better, so that they have a better and improved quality of life, while possibly having some help from external support, but that is not the long-term answer. They have to fi nd within themselves the different tools and techniques which work for them on a day-to-day basis, which will help improve their life.
